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Tagalog and Burmese


Burmese and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Mon  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
33  
23

Scripts
Baybayin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
pakiusap  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Paálam  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tagalog  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
tagalog  
birman  

German Name
Tagalog  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
1593  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
58  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
bur  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
mya  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
mya  

Glottocode
taga1269  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Tagalog and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tagalog and Burmese Speaking population

Tagalog and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Burmese on Tagalog vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Burmese Language Codes

Tagalog and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Tagalog and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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